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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1914
Page
13
Publication line lists Telegraph Printing Co with E. J. Stackpole as press and treasurer F R Oyster as secretary GUS M Steinmetz as managing editor. It states daily publication except one day and gives Telegraph Building Federal Square as the office location.
A Washington dispatch reports Colonel Theodore Roosevelt suffers a serious throat ailment from strenuous campaigns and prior jungle fever in South America. Friends fear his condition may delay public speaking for months while specialists guide his treatment, impacting ultra-Progressives reliant on his voice in the current campaign lineup.
Jesse T. Wedges of Fairmount Park Commission plans a glass enclosure for Grant cabin. P. J. Monaghan of Shenandoah, new Six-County Firemen's Association president, has served as a fireman since sixteen. Edgar C. Felton of Pennsylvania Steel criticizes President Wilson’s stance on suppression of criticism. Judge Willis Whitehead of Lycoming targets firms not filtering water. Burgess Saul of Norristown stirs locals by Sunday closing. Charlemagne Tower, ex-ambassador, heads to Connecticut for the summer.
From the Telegraph and Johnstown Leader: a sale of unclaimed goods planned for September in Harrisburg. Zouave Cadets drill at 7 30 PM. Pennsylvania releases 1 028 665 in automobile licenses via courts. Highway Commissioner Bigelow cites 9 000 miles of roads needing repair and notes limits on road-building costs.
A devotional line cites the Bible verse about love from I Corinthians 13 4 34 noting patience kindness envy humility and self restraint as central to love. The quotation echoes religious moral guidance.
Detailed Palmer McCormick State campaign records show receipts of 21698.15 with McCormick contributions totaling about 4000 and loans of 12000 from several party leaders. Expenditures top 21000 including travel and banners while a Market Street banner cost 160. The report notes loans may be reimbursed and questions loom over campaign financing and party control.
The notes discuss combining numbers to reach fifty four plus the justification for editorials on cash in primaries. The book aims for harmony in Democratic city chairmanship contests while Pinchot’s campaign faded from view. The Republican county committee will begin local campaign work Saturday as Senator Penrose visits Sunbury this week. The financials in the Democratic primary are noted.
Readable portions show special values in embroideries such as Gall Cambric Edges and Swiss value 45-inch, Lot Nainsook All-Over Corset Cover Embroidery, Venise Lace Edges at 25c, and Notions including belts, braids, hair pins, buttons. Details are fragmented with multiple lots and prices including 10¢ and 25¢ items.
Dr Brumbaugh suspends activities due to illness at home. Federal officials Humes and Blaksley participate in a loan, Kane's contribution returned. The windmill lubricants matter is deferred to next week. The Pane League faces light scrutiny for a home committee matter with redemption charges attributed to Pennsylvania.
Martinsburg West Virginia June 16 General Stahl of General Hunter's Army of the Shenandoah arrived this morning via Berkeley Virginia slightly wounded in the shoulder with portions of his staff. Washington June 18 Late Charleston news says we are again engaging Charleston Captain Birney formerly on General Birney's staff died here yesterday his body to be embalmed and sent north.
New York Sun quotes a Wilson era speech praising a future role for the United States as a benevolent power serving other nations. The piece questions the idea of altruism in policy and cites a Pittsburgh Dispatch note on Senate funding for commercial attaches under civil service rules.
The leading party’s majority in Congress prefers to create holes in Civil Service reform rules to place Democratic gentlemen who would otherwise remain unplaced. Debate was discouraged while advocates claimed a better class of men could be hired without exams. The German example of strict testing is cited, but critics say the motive is patronage.
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